Smoking Cessation Support Among Oncology Practitioners in a Regional Cancer Center in the Middle East—Improving a Critical Service for Cancer Care

Obeidat, Nour A.; Ayub, Hiba S.; Altamimi, Barakat Aburajab; Ghonimat, Iyad; Abughosh, Susan; Hawari, Feras

doi:10.1634/theoncologist.2015-0305

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“…A reason for this might be that health care providers ask patients about their current smoking status during the initial visit and thus, they do not ask about it again in the follow‐up visit. The results of the current study are comparable to those reported in the survey of oncology practitioners in the Regional Cancer Center in the Middle East where in the follow‐up visit, only 39.3% of health care providers continue tracking smoking status and 42.1% continue encouraging resistant smokers 33 . Nevertheless, the percentages in this study are way less than the ones in the study conducted among the IASLC members.…”

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“…Percentages of SCC practices in our study especially referring or treating patients who smoke are much lower than those reported in other studies. For instance, a survey of 254 oncology practitioners in a Regional Cancer Center in the Middle East found that 67% of respondents ask if the patient smokes cigarettes, 65.8% advise smokers to quit, and 47% refer those interested in quitting to smoking cessation clinic 33 . In the survey of 1507 multidisciplinary lung cancer specialists who were members of the IASLC, 90% of respondents ask patients about tobacco use, 81% advise patients to stop tobacco use, and 39% refer or treat them 29 .…”

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Smoking cessation counselling practices among health care providers dealing with cancer patients

Abu‐Baker

Al‐Jarrah

Obeidat

2020

Evaluation Clinical Practice

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Aim To asses smoking cessation counselling practices (SCC) among health care providers dealing with cancer patients. Method A cross‐sectional design was used with a sample of 300 providers from three hospitals in Jordan. A self‐report questionnaire was distributed. Results During the initial visit, the most frequent practices were asking patients if they smoke and advise smokers to quit (50%, 45% respectively). Only 13% of providers reported treating or referring patients for smoking use cessation intervention. During the follow‐up visits, the most frequent practice was reinforcing the stopping of tobacco use 39%. Overall, physicians had the highest scores of adherence to applying SCC practices. Besides, over 85% of participants believe that tobacco cessation should be a standard part of cancer interventions and clinicians need more training. Over 80% agreed that barriers of implementing SCC practices include lack of training and resources. Finally, receiving SCC training, more years since completion of the most senior degree, and more time spent with cancer patients predicted a higher score of total SCC practices (P < .05). Conclusion It is essential to provide training, referral facilities, and supportive policies to encourage SCC practices.

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Smoking cessation counselling practices among health care providers dealing with cancer patients

Abu‐Baker

Al‐Jarrah

Obeidat

2020

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Preventive measures in oral cancer: An overview

D’souza

Addepalli

2018

Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy

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Smoking cessation care can translate to lower hazard of death in the short-run in cancer patients - a retrospective cohort study to demonstrate the value of smoking cessation services within the treatment phase of cancer

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Background Smoking cessation is a key step towards improving cancer care and outcomes. However, smoking cessation interventions are underprovided in oncology settings. Within Jordan’s only comprehensive oncology center, we sought to evaluate receipt of care at a smoking cessation clinic and the effect of assisted abstinence through the smoking cessation clinic on short-term (two-year) survival after a cancer diagnosis. Methods We employed a retrospective cohort study design. Cancer registry and smoking cessation clinic data for adult Jordanian cancer patients diagnosed between 2009 and 2016, who also were cigarette smokers, and who received full treatment at King Hussein Cancer Center, were analyzed. Specifically, descriptive statistics of patients who visited the smoking cessation clinic were generated, and short-term (two-year) hazard of death of patients based on whether or not smoking cessation clinic-assisted abstinence occurred, were evaluated. Results There were 3403 patients who met our inclusion criteria. Approximately 21% of cancer patients were seen at the smoking cessation clinic, and significant demographic and clinical disparities in who was being seen [at the smoking cessation clinic] existed. In 2387 patients with available survival data, smokers who never went to the smoking cessation clinic (or were seen only once, or seen a year or more from diagnosis) had a hazard of death 2.8 times higher than smokers who had visited the smoking cessation clinic and who also confirmed they had not smoked on atleast two of their 3-, 6- or 12-month follow-up visits (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.7–4.6). Non-abstainers at the smoking cessation clinic exhibited a similar disadvantage (HR 2.7, 95% CI 1.4–5.0). Conclusions Although evidence-based smoking cessation interventions increase the likelihood of abstinence and can lower the short-term hazard of death during cancer treatment, there is a deprioritization of smoking cessation interventions during cancer care, as indicated by low proportions of patients seen at the smoking cessation clinic. Our findings emphasize the importance of promoting interventions to avail smoking cessation interventions in oncology settings within the cancer treatment phase.

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Smoking Cessation Support Among Oncology Practitioners in a Regional Cancer Center in the Middle East—Improving a Critical Service for Cancer Care

Abstract: This study examined smoking cessation support (SCS) by oncologists in a Jordanian cancer center and found it to be deficient. Recommendations to improve SCS include improving patient‐provider communication and building providers’ self‐efficacy through continuing education.

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Smoking cessation counselling practices among health care providers dealing with cancer patients

Smoking cessation counselling practices among health care providers dealing with cancer patients

Preventive measures in oral cancer: An overview

Smoking cessation care can translate to lower hazard of death in the short-run in cancer patients - a retrospective cohort study to demonstrate the value of smoking cessation services within the treatment phase of cancer

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